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Engineering small worlds: micro and nano technologies How do you see the invisible? Today, mechanical, electrical, chemical and biological engineering of ‘small worlds’ is revolutionising our lives. Atomic Force Microscopes are an important tool when creating engineering solutions on the micro and nano scale. The 4 video tracks on this album examine the AFM's engineering and operation, explain how it can be adapted for a wide range of applications and describe its use in the life sciences and semiconductor industries. This material forms part oAuthor(s): The iTunes U team

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Maroon Minute: Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning When designing curriculum or needing to develop new skills, faculty across campus depend on the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. The center is dedicated to academic excellence by supporting faculty in their teaching, scholarship and service.
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Responsible Innovation Innovation may bring a lot of good to society, but innovation is not a good in itself. History provides many examples of new technologies that have had serious negative consequences or that simply just failed to address significant societal challenges.
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The practice of committees, boards, or councils presuming to represent the views of vast constituencies occurs in educational and religious associations, in trade and commercial organizations — indeed, in an

Surrounded by the ever-present threat of ill health, not surprisingly, people expended a good deal of time and energy on trying to stay well. The late nineteenth century saw a new emphasis on promoting health, which was defined as ‘a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’ (quoted in Riley, 1997, p. 199). Health was not simply a desirable end in itself. The pursuit of health was portrayed as a moral duty: parents had a

Professional service firms: from experts to advisors Dominic Houlder, Adjunct Professor of Strategic and International Management tells B2B and Professional Service firms that if they want to be a winner in the current climate they need to move away from being experts towards being a client's adviserAuthor(s): No creator set

15.281 Advanced Managerial Communication (MIT) This course builds on managerial communication skills developed in (15.279) Management Communication for Undergraduates or (15.280) Communication for Managers. It introduces interactive oral and interpersonal communication skills important to managers, including presenting to a hostile audience, running meetings, listening, and contributing to group decision-making. Working in teams, students present a communication topic of their choosing to the class. An individual project challenges students Author(s): Hartman, Neal

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The Labour government introduced a Greater London Authority (Referendum) Bill in 1997. The referendum took place in 1998. A Mayor and Assembly for London were first elected in 2000.

At present the eight English regions have a tripartite structure with responsibilities and powers divided in each region between the Government Office for the region (GO), the Regional Development Agency (RDA) and the Regional Chamber (most of which have now ren

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2008 K R Narayanan Oration Why Environmentalism Needs Equity "Why Environmentalism Needs Equity: Learning from the environmentalism of the poor to build our common future". Ms Sunita Narain, Director of the Centre for Science & Environment; Director of the Society for Environmental Communications; and publisher of the fortnightly magazine 'Down to Earth', has been with the Centre from 1982 and has worked hard at analysing and studying the relationship between environment and development, and at creating public consciousness about the need for susAuthor(s): Creator not set

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6.4 Mentored presentation Effective communication is the key to a successful presentation. This unit will provide you with a systematic approach to develop the necessary skills. It is important to understand that effective presentation skills can be practised and learned. It is the content of your presentation, and the simple delivery of clear and reasoned arguments, which will help you to achieve your objectives.Author(s): The Open University

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SMU Alumnus Blake Mycoskie starts coffee company SMU Alumnus Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, announces the start of TOMS Roasting Company, which will give one week of clean water to a person in need for every bag of coffee you buy. For every pair of shoes the company sells, it gives a pair of shoes to needy children. Since the start of the company in 2006, it has donated more than 10 million shoes. With a similar philosophy, TOMS launched TOMS Eyewear in 2011.Author(s): No creator set